Dear EEF members,
I hold the copyrights to the above pictures, and would appreciate your
help.
1) Could anyone decipher the cartouche?
The cartouche seems to have
the following symbols: N5 L1 V30 (sundisk, beetle, basket)|.
Does anyone
know who this is?
Of course Tutankhamun, i.e. Nebkheperure
(sundisk above
basket, beetle, three strokes)| or (sundisk, beetle, plural strokes above
basket)|
was my first suspicion but there are no three strokes.
The
middle symbol is hardest but maybe someone with experience looking at these
things might have the answer in a flash. It may not even be a beetle but some
other symbol. But I have not seen a king's cartouche that even resembles this
one.
2) Any help with the text on the statue would also be appreciated.
I
have been concerned about the double symbols, nfr and the s, which brings us to
the last question:
3) Is the statue on the picture a real artifact or a fake?
The though has occurred to me that this might be a fake. What do you think?
Sincerely,
Charley Rhodes
ctr@nis.lanl.gov
